Dieing mechanism for box-making machines.



R. A. WOOD.

DIEINGMECHANISM FOR BOX MAKING MACHINES.

Patented June 8, 1915.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3h I914. 1,142,654.

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R. A. WOOD. DIEING MECHANISM FOR BOX MAKING MACHINES.

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R. A. WOOD.

DIEING MECHANISM FOR BOX MAKING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3|. 19M.

Patented June 8,1915.

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UNITED srnrns PATENT oFnroE.

RALPH A. WOOD, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO INM'AN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK,

DIEING MECHANISM FOR BOX-MAKING MAOH INES.

Specification of Letters rum.

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed October 31, 1914. SeriaLNo. 869,667.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH A. WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amsterdam, Montgomery county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dieing Mechanism for Box-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to box-blank making machines and more particularly to dieing mechanism therefor. It is the object of the invention to provide dieing mechanism for making blanks for collapsible trays and the invention has particular reference to providing simple adjustments whereby blanks of various sizes may be made with the same'set of dies.

' A further object of the invention is to provide a comparatively simple dieing mechanism which is adapted to operate on an in termittently moving web of material to progressively form the blanks.

The novel features of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section .on the line 14v of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55.

of Fig. 4;; Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 4, on a reduced scale Fig. 7 is a section on the line 77 of Fig. 4, on the same scale as Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a plan view of a web of material and a completed blank;

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing. the arrangement Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a collapsed view ofthe com leted tray. Referring to igs. 10 and 11, it seen that the tray has the usual side an walls and the end walls arepro videddiagonal creases a which permitfi'th intov the p1 tray; Fig. 11 is a pers e t v bottom of the tray,

tically flat article form for storage and transportation. When it is desired to use i Fig. 11 and when two trays are telescoped to form a box,

" after each operation of the dies. -9* the arrangement of the dies 1355 end with.

finiaas shown in Fig.v 10, h-* sides folding over the bottom to-makeIa-p'rajcwhich is; in convenient the tray, thendear-1d: s1des are turned up to the POSI'tiOH- ShO'WI I in each tray cooperates with the other to prevent the sides and ends from collapsing.

The blank from which the trays are made is shown at the right in Fig. 8 and it will be observed thatthis blankrhas, in addition to the diagonal-creases a, the creases b, which extend longitudinally of the web from which the blanks are formed, and the cross-creases c. The blank is also provided with openings or slots d, which form the laps being pasted to the inner side walls, as shown in Fig. 11.

In forming the blanks the web f is fed through the machine and 'is operated upon by the different dies, in succession, the web being advanced the length of the blank From Fig. will be evident. In this arrangement the punches 9 make the openings d appearing at the left side of Fig. 8. Each of these punches has in cooperation therewith and extending from of the side the end thereof a creaser h which makes one finished blank from the web and in the illus- 6, these laps tration there is shown a blank which is 15 in ches long and after each operation of the dies the web is advanced this distance. It

will be observed that there is a series of broken lines extending across the web in Fig. 8 and indicated as being 15 inches apart. After the web has been advanced 15 inches the .next operation of the dies causes the cross-creaser 70 to make the crease is shown in Fig. 8, this crease being located at the intersection of the openings d and the creases a.. After this operation of the dies Rthe-Web is again advanced and on the next operation of the cross-creaser Z makes the "crease Z. The longitudinal-creasers m make p thecreases m and following the next adv nce of the web the punches n either regwith the openings of made by the pimclies g or, if they do not register with .theseopenings,lengthen the openings d. It awill thus 'beseen that the punches n and g cooperate to form the openings (Z and the lengthof these openings may be varied from the length of one of the punches tothe full length of the two punches. The punches n have extending diagonally therefrom the creasers which make the remaining two of the diagonal-creases a in the web. This completes the blank and subsequentlyit is sev ered from the web along the line p, shown in Fig. 8;

While the dies operate on each blank I succession, it will be understood that in the machine, as about to be described, all of the dies act simultaneously.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 7, it willbe observed that there is illustrated a frame 20 which carries the vertical guides 21 for reciprocating the head 22. Arranged below the frame 20 and supported in any suitable manner are shafts 23 and 24 which are preferably geared together by a train of gears 25, 2.6 and 27 so that the shafts rotate in unison; In Fig. 1 one side of the machine is illustrated and it will be understood that, in the preferred form of my invention, the opposite side of the machine is similarly arranged and each of the shafts 23 carries eccentrics, oneof which on the shaft 23 is indicated at 28 and one on the shaft .24 at 29. Each of these eccentrics is operatively connected with the head 22 by an eccentric rod 30 so that, in the form of the invention illustrated, there are four of these eccentric rods, arranged adjacent the corners of the head 22, for reciprocating the head. As shown in Figs. 2 to 5, the head 22 has on opposite sides thereof interiorly arranged tongues or slides 31 which .support cross lieams which carry the moving parts of the ies. t

The frame 20 carries a bed 32 upon which are arranged slideways 33 for the die carriers 34, 35,36, 37 and 38. The slideways33 v are preferably provided with racks 39 and each of the die carriers is provided with a shaft 40, extending crosswise of the machine,

* and having gear wheels 41 which mesh with the racks 39 sothat when these shafts are rotated by means of a suitable wrench applied to the ends 42' of the shafts the die carriers may be conveniently adjusted'longitudinally of the machine.

The die carrier 34- carriesthe punches g and creasers h, shown diagrammatically in Fig. 9, and the die carrier 38 carries-the punches n and the creasers' o.- These sets of punches and creasers are substantially alike except that they are oppositely arranged and thereforea description of one set of these dies will be suiiicient for an understanding of the same. 9

Figs. 4 to 8 illustrate the dies for making member 47 of the creasing dies. The plate 43 has an upright bracket 48 provided with an opening 49 to permit the bracket to be conveniently grasped by the hand of the operator to move the dies crosswise of the machine. The-bracket 48 has secured thereon an inwardly projecting arm 50 which is providcd with bosses 51 in which are slidably and in this T slot the heads 58 of the rods 52 are arranged. The cross beam 56 reciprocates with the head 22 and the rods 52 are reciprocated by the cross beam, the con-,

nection between the rods 52 and the cross beam permitting the rods to move crosswise of the machine with the dies without disturbing their operative connection with the cross beam. The cross beam being slidablc longitudinally of the machine on the tongues 31 permits the carrier 34 to .be freely adjusted longitudinally of the machine without disturbing the dies or any of their operative mechanism.

The carrier 35 carries'the male creasing die 59 which coiiperates with the female die 60 carried by a reciprocating head 61. The carrier 35 has the upright posts or guides 62 on which the head 61 reciprocates. The

7 head 61 is carried by'a cross beam 63 which is slidable, longitudinally of the machine on the tongues 31 and this cross beam has journa'led therein a shaft 64.

As will be seen from Fig. 3, the journals 65 of the shaft 64 are cccentric'allyplaced at the ends ,of the shaft and the purpose of this construction is to permit a close vertical adjustment of the die 60 with relation to the die 59. The head 61 has arranged thereon brackets 66 havingsplit bearings which engage the shaft 64. The shaft 64 is one of the punches d and the adjacent crease a 1n the web, these dies comprising a plate 43 which is slidable transversely of the machine on the carrier 34 and which is secured in position on the carrier by means of. the usual bolt 44, the head of which engages a T slot 45 in the carrier. The plate 43 carries the slotted die plate 46 and the male justing the relation of the dies.

provided with a handle 67 and by means of this handle the shaft may be rotated to raise or lower the head'61 for the purpose of adunde'rstood that it is necessary to loosen the clamping bolts 68 in order to efiect this adjustment. I

The die carrier 37 carries a male creasing die 70-and the reciprocating head 71 carrles a female die cofiperating therewith. -These dies constitute the creaser land their construction and operation is similar to that just described. in connectionwith the dies 59 and 60. l J

The carrier'fifi carries'at the opposite ends.

It will be, 6

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and operation is generally similar to the mechanism described in connection with the diagonal creasers 55.

From the foregoing it will be understood that each of the die carriers is adjustable longitudinally of the machine independently =of the others and that these adjustments may be effected without disturbing the operating connection with the head 22. From Fig. 9 it will be evident that boxes of various sizes may be made by adjusting the'carriers longitudinally of the machine and the dies on the carriers transversely or crosswise of the machine. "It will also be understood that the punch 01. may be set to register-with the opening made by the punch g or may be set so as to' lengthen the opening made by the punch g and since each of the :punches has in fixed relation thereto one of the diagonal creasers it will be evident that the diagonal creases will always be properly placed in the web and it is only necessary to adjust the relation of the punches to make the desired blank.

Itwill be evident that the details of construction which have been illustrated may be changed and therefore I do not wish to be limited to these details of construction.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the

Y combination of longitudinal-creasing means,

cross-creasing means, a cutter, and diagonalcreasing means extending from said cutter, said cutter and said cross-creasing means being adjustableand the cutter and ,diagonalcreasing means being adjustable, as a unit.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of longitudinal-creasing means, cross-creasing means, a plurality of cutters,

and diagonal-creasing means extending from said cutters, said cross-creasing means being relatively adjustable and each of said cutters being adjustable with a diagonalcreasing means, as a unit.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of longitudinal-creasing means, cross-creasing means, a plurality of cutters alined longitudinally of the machine and cooperating to make a continuous opening in the material, and diagonal-creasing means extending fromeach of said cutters, said cross-creasmg means being relatively adjustable and each of said cutters being adjustable with the adjoining diagonal-creasing means, as a unit.

4. In a machine of the class described, the

' combination of longitudinal-creasing means,

cross-creasing means, a'plurality of cutters 'alined longitudinally of themachine, and

diagonal-creasing means extending from one end of each of said cutters, said crosscreasing means being relatively adjustable and said cutters and the adjoining diagonalcreasing means being adjustable.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of longitudinalecreasing means, cross-creasing means, a. plurality of cutters alined longitudinally of the; machine, and diagonal-creasing means extending from one end of each of said cutters, said cross-creasing means being relatively adjustable and said cutters with the adjoining diagonalcreasing means being relatively adjustable as units.

6. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of longitudinal-creasing means,

cross-creasing means,-a plurality of cutters alined longitudinally of the machine, and diagonal-creasing means extending from one end of each of said cutters, said cross-creasingmeans being relatively adjustable and said cutters with the adjoining diagonalcreasing means being adjustable longitudinally and transversely of the machine as units.-

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination of longitudinal-creasing means, cross-creasing means, four parallel cutters arranged in rectangular formation, anddiagonal-creasing means associated with each of said cutters and extending from one end thereof, said cross-creasing means being relatively adjustable longitudinally .of the machine, and said cutters and the adjoining diagonal-creasing means being relatively adjustable. w

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination of longitudinal-creasing means, cross-creasing means, and a plurality of diagonal-creasing means independently adjustable longitudinally and crosswise of the machine.

9. In a machine of-the class described, the combination of longitudinal-creasing means, cross-creasing means, a plurality of diagonal-creasing means, and means whereby said diagonal-creasing -means are independently adjustable crosswise of the machine and adjustable in pairs longitudinally of the machine.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination of longitudinal-creasing means, cross-creasing means, said means being adapted to make intersecting creases, a plurality of diagonal-creasing means adapted to make creases from said intersections, and means whereby all of said creasing means may be adjusted longitudinally and crosswise of the machine.

11. In a machine of the class described,

the combination of longitudinal-creasing means, cross-creasing means, said creasing means being adapted tomake intersecting creases, diagonal creasing means adapted to make creases extending from said intersections, and a plurality of cutters cooperating to make longitudinalcuts extending between adjacent intersections.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination of longitudinal-creasing means, cross-creasing means, said creasing means being adapted to make intersecting V creases, diagonal creasing means adapted to make creases extending from said intersections, a plurality of cutters cooperating to make longitudinal cuts extending between adjacent intersections, and means whereby said creasing means and said cutters may be adjusted longitudinally and crosswise of the machine. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RALPH A. WOOD,

Witnesses: i JAMEs W. FERGUSON, GLARA'I. litawnon. 

